# Accident 19780731025649A: Cessna 172D, Big Bear, CA, July 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1978
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 34.2611° N, 116.8450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Bear City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2611&lon=-116.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711RH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711RH-1982-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 561 total, 171 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731025649A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACCIDENT SITE 9350FT MSL.DENS ALT 12500FT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX78FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FA063), Jul 31, 1978: Cessna 172N (N711RH), Big Bear, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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